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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Oh Joy!

One of my friends' son is currently a cadet at West Point Military Academy. He looks forward to receiving packages from home, and since his mom doesn't bake, he especially loves when I send him a care package. My friend popped over to say that he was jonesing for some real cookies, so I started on a baking spree.

Along with Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies and Caramel Apple Cookies, I made some homemade Almond Joy knockoff candies. They were really simple to make and so tasty. I started with a cup of organic shredded coconut.

I mixed in 1/3 cup of sweetened condensed milk,

formed spoonfuls of the mixture into bricks, and pressed a dark chocolate flavored almond into the top of each. I love snacking on these and always have them on hand.

After freezing them for half an hour, I dipped them into some melted chocolate and sprinkled them with some kosher sea salt. Maldon salt would be fantastic, but I didn't have any on hand.

These are little bites of happiness.

Thanks for popping in and indulging with me. I'm linking up to the Gluten-Free Homemaker's Gluten-Free Wednesdays.

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I'm a wife of a super duper Computer Genius and mom to 2 boys who couldn't be more different - one's a Whirling Dervish of activity, while the other's my little Snuggle Bunny. My baby just started kindergarten and this is my journal of my tries to both start and finish all of the deferred projects from the last several years in between all of the practices, games, and concerts.